Re: [08/17] Define functions for page cache handling

From: Eric Dumazet
Date: Tue Apr 24 2007 - 19:01:49 EST


clameter@xxxxxxx a écrit :

--- linux-2.6.21-rc7.orig/include/linux/fs.h 2007-04-24 11:31:49.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.21-rc7/include/linux/fs.h 2007-04-24 11:37:21.000000000 -0700
@@ -435,6 +435,11 @@ struct address_space {
struct inode *host; /* owner: inode, block_device */
struct radix_tree_root page_tree; /* radix tree of all pages */
rwlock_t tree_lock; /* and rwlock protecting it */
+#ifdef CONFIG_LARGE_BLOCKSIZE
+ unsigned int order; /* Page order of the pages in here */
+ unsigned int shift; /* Shift of index */
+ loff_t offset_mask; /* Mask to get to offset bits */
+#endif
unsigned int i_mmap_writable;/* count VM_SHARED mappings */
struct prio_tree_root i_mmap; /* tree of private and shared mappings */
struct list_head i_mmap_nonlinear;/*list VM_NONLINEAR mappings */

Some comments about this :

1) not optimal placement on 64bits arches (it creates one hole before i_mmap_writeable)

2) sizeof(struct address_space) is an issue, given it is included in every inode, even sockets or pipes.

-> 2.1) Do we really need 32 bits for 'order' and 'shift'
-> 2.2) Do we really need a 64bits offset_mask since it's a trivial arithmetic from 'shift' (or 'order') ?

BTW, I presume splice() is not yet supported ? If yes, each pipe could hold 16 'big pages' so we probably can hit some DOS condition sooner...


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